I'm going to go see M. Ward play tonight! I'm excited--I really liked "Post-war" and from what I understand he's very good live.

Here's someone else's Halloween Mix: [link]

Marilyn Manson covered "This Is Halloween?"

I have to remember to log into BR2 and download Hec's Halloween mix. I'll do that tomorrow.

Marilyn Manson covered "This Is Halloween?"

Yep. There's some sort of re-released version of the NMBC soundtrack with cover versions of the songs by various artists.

The first of three mini-mixes for Halloween. I've been getting a whole lot of good music from You Folks, and I'd love to respond in kind. Hopefully, this doesn't repeat too much that I've gotten from you. (Except where noted!)

(All links are YSI -- let me know if they need renewing.)

Monsters:

One Step Beyond theme -- Old British TV show, with a stately start to our Halloween journey.

Mannequins, HDRC -- Could I resist adding in a post-apocalyptic Hugh Dillon song... especially one that's arguably about zombies.

Nemesis, Shriekback -- Still love this one after all these years. "You know, evil is an inexact science." Someday I'll figure out a vid to go with this song...

Zombie Compromise, Shadowy Men From A Shadowy Planet -- More zombies. I keep meaning to do an all-zombie mix some day... but my Halloween mix will do in the meantime.

Todd, Jonathan Coulton -- "Re: Your Brains" has already been mixed and offered up by me and others, so here's some proof that Coulton isn't a one-monster sort of songwriter. In fact, he's making the zombies look downright cuddly by comparison here.

The Little Black Egg, The Nightcrawlers -- One of those songs that gets weirder the longer you listen to it. Because this is one egg that's just not right.

And finally -- a zip file of all these songs, for people like me who don't want to DL all these songs individually!

Nemesis, Shriekback -- Still love this one after all these years. "You know, evil is an inexact science." Someday I'll figure out a vid to go with this song...

I adore this song. I used to sing it to Dread Beastie cat all the time. ("Big black nemisis ...")

Wicked and Weird, Buck 65 -- My thanks to Heuradys for this one, which has been playing in the back of my mind this week or so....

Saturday Night in the City of the Dead, UltraVox -- back from when they were still fun. Yes, they were, I was surprised as anyone to find it out....

No Such Thing, Th' Legendary Shack Shakers -- my thanks to SA -- I feel morally certain that you could make an awesomely funny Supernatural vid with this one.

Mr. Ghost is Going to Town, The Five Jones Boys - My thanks to Hecubus for this vocal gem, which is as cute and wiggly as a basket of skeleton puppies.

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror -- You know, the show may be funny, but this is a damn good little pastiche of spooky horror music. As with the incidental music for the classic Warner Brothers cartoons, the soundtrack has a wonderful depth to it.

Rockin' Bones, Ronnie Dawkins. I don't know much about Dawkins, aside from him sounding about 14 on this song... but what a song it is. "Now when I die don't you bury me at all/Just put my bones up on the wall...."

... And the comprehensive Zip file for the people like me who are too impatient to DL each song individually.

Hey! My friend Mark is the bassist for the Shack Shakers! He's a blast.

Oh, Liese, no way! I've seen the Shack Shakers play, and he's very amusing to watch in the show, as all the beer is being flung, he just sort of sways, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. That's crazy that you know him!

Theo, I agree with you, that would make for a hilarious SPN vid.

Cool beans -- I'm impressed with the Shaker's playing, I truly am!

Yeah, he's amazing on stage. He's really charismatic. And he can play.

I wrote a drabble about him some years back; I spent a long time thinking he was an asshole, and then realized that I actually liked him quite a lot and I should admit that we were friends. He's a great guy.

He's also an excellent producer.